Railway-rail stay.



- No. 703,602. Patented July I, i902 E. LAAS & H. H. SPDNENBUBG.

RAILWAY RAIL STAY.

(Application filed Oct. 21, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD LAAS, or ELGIN, AND HIRAM H. SPONENBURG, OF WADSWORTH,

- ILLINOIS.

RAI LWAY-RAI L STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,602, dated July 1, 1902.

' Application filed October zl, 1 01. semi No. 79,416. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: showing the rail-stay as applied intermediate Be it known that we, EDWARD LAAS, residthe rail-joints, and Fig. is a side View of a ing at Elgin, in the county of Kane, and HI- portion of atrack, illustratinga modification RAMH. SPONENBURG, residing at \Vadsworth, of our invention. 55

5 in the county of Lake, State of Illinois, have Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawinvented new and useful Improvements in ings, A A represent the usual T-raiis, which Railway-Rail Stays, of which the following, are fastened to the supporting cross-tie B by taken in connection with the accompanying means of spikes a or other suitable means, drawings, is a full, clear, and exact descripaccording to the material of the tie, and O C 60 IO tion. denote the connecting-bars orfish-plates,

This invention relates to devices for faswhich are applied to the webs b of the rails tening railway-rails to their supporting crossat their meeting ends and are fastened thereties. to by means of the usual bolts 0. Said bars It is well known by persons experienced in or plates 0 C may be of any suitable and 65 railway-track construction that the rails are well-known design, but preferably formed caused to creep longitudinally on the crosswith a base portion (1, bearing on top of the ties in one direction, particularly on doublerail-base e, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. track railways, owing to the constant travel D denotes our improved rail-stay, which of trains, which creeping movement causes consists of a clam'ping-platef, firmly secured 70 the rails to be moved out of alinement and to the side of one of the uniting-bars O by the cross-ties to be shifted out of position, means of one of the bolts 0 and formed with moreespeciallyattherail-joints and switches. an inclined portion g, bearing on the base The object of the present invention is to portion d of said bar, abase-plate h, extendpositively anchor the rails to the ties, and ing outward from the portion g, bears on top 75 thus eifectually prevent such creeping of the of the cross-tie B and is provided with a derails and hold the cross-ties at right angles pending flange t', bearing against the side of to the rails, particularly at the rail-joints, the tie, said flange extending under the rail; which are requirements essential to the mainbase 6 and bearing with its top edge on the tenance of a perfect track construction. under side of the rail. 80

Furthermore, the objectis to provide a rail- In order to allow the rail-stay to obtain a stay which shall be simple, strong, and dura- .grip on the cross-tie B, so asto prevent the ble and which can be easily and conveniently cross-tie from tilting or rolling, we provide applied to the track and readily removed, if the fianget' with a rib or suitable projection 2', required, for making repairs and which shall which is to be forced into the side of the cross- 85 be inexpensive in its manufacture. tie, asshown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

To that end the invention consists in the From the flange t'projects at right angles a combination, with a railway-rail and its supbrace 7', extending lengthwise the rail A and porting-tie, of a rail-stay comprising, essenbearing against the under side thereof to tially, a clamping-plate rigidly secured to the guard against the breakage of the flange by 90 40 web of the rail byabolt passing through said the strain it is subjected to in preventing parts and a depending fiangebearing against creeping of the rail. the side of the tie; and the invention con- When the rail-stay is applied intermediate sists, furthermore, in other novel features of the rail-joints, the clamping-plate f is bolted construction of the rail-stay, as hereinafter directly to the web 1') of the rail, and the in- 5 fully described, and pointed outin the claims. cl ined portion g thereof bears upon the top In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is" of the rail-base e, as shown in Fig. 4.

a side View of a portion of a 'railway-track, In the modification shown in Fig. 5 of the illustrating ourimproved rail-stay applied to drawings the base-plate h of the rail-stay is a rail-joint. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse secured to the cross-tie by spikes a and terzoo section of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view. minates at the opposite ends with depending Fig. 4c is a transverse section of a track-rail, flanges 2', bearing against opposite sides of the tie B, the attaching-bolt 0 being directly over the center of said tie, and from each flange projects a brace j, which braces bear against the bottom of the rail-base, as hereinbefore stated.

It will be seen that the track-rails will be effectually prevented from creeping longitudinally on the cross-ties and the ties held securely in their proper positions.

It will be understood that the construction of the rail-stay may be further modifledas, for instance, the base-plate may be dispensed with, in which case the flange i would depend directly from the inclined portion g of the clamping-plate; and, still further, the flange might be omitted and the brace made to extend diagonally from the base-plate under the rail, and thus perform the function of the flange by having its forward end bearing against the side of the tie.

What we claim is- 1. The combination with the cross-tie and rail seated directly thereon, of a clampingplate rigidly secured to the web of the rail and formed with an outwardly extending base-plate, and a flange depending from said base-plate and bearing against the side of the cross-tie and formed with an extension bearing with its top edge on the under side of the rail as set forth.

2. The combination with a railway-rail and cross-tie, of a rail-stay formed in one piece and comprising a clamping-plate rigidly secured to the web of the rail by a bolt passing transversely through said parts, and a brace extending lengthwise the rail and bearing with one end against the cross-tie and its upper edge against the under side of the rail substantially as described.

3. The combination with the railway-rail and cross-tie, of a rail-stay formed in one piece and comprising a clamping-plate bolted to the web of the rail, a depending flange bearing fiatwise against the side of the cross-tie and extending under the rail-base, a projection on the flange entering into the side of the cross-tie, and a brace projecting from said flange lengthwise of the rail and bearing against the under side of said rail substantially as described.

4:. The combination with the rail and crosstie, of a rail-stay formed in one piece and comprising a clamping-plate bolted to the Web of the rail, a base-plate bearing on top of the cross-tie, a flange depending from the baseplate and bearing against the side of the tie, and a brace projecting at right angles from said flange and bearing against the under side of the rail substantially as described.

EDWARD LAAS. HIRAM II. SPONENBURG.

Witnesses:

P. H. CLANOY, MORTIMER 1",. WALKER.

Disclaimer in Letters Patent No. 703,602.

DISCLAIMER.

7 O3,602.Edward Leas, Elgin, and Hiram H. Sponenburg, Wadsworth, Ill. RAiL- WAY-RAIL STAY. Patent dated July 1, 1902. Disclaimer filed April 9, 1917, by the assignee, Otto R. Barnett.

Enters this disclaimer To that form or modification of the invention illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawing annexed tosaid specification and described in said specification, namely, at line 53 to 55 of page 1 thereof, in the following words, to-wit:

Fig. 5 is a side View of a portion of a track, illustrating a modification of our invention. 7 p and at line 98, page 1 to line 9, page 2, in the following words, to-wit:

In the modification shown in Fig.5 of the drawings the base-plate h of the rail-stay is secured to the cross-tie by spikes a and terminates at the opposite ends with depending flanges 'L, bearing against opposite sides of the tie B, the attachingbolt 0 being directly over the center of said tie, and "from each flange projects a brace j, which braces bear against the bottom of the rail-base, as hereinbefore stated. "It" will be seen that the track-rails will be effectually prevented from creeping longitudinally on the cross-ties and the ties held securely in their proper positions.

[Oficial Gazette, April 17, 1917.] 

